Slide buckle



Patented Unit. 1%, 122.

ROBERT J. HOIDGE, OF WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN BUCKLE 00., OF WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, .A. CORPORATION.

SLIDE BUCKLE.

Application filed; January 13, 1922. Serial No. 528,912.

this application, and represent, in

Fig. 1 a face view of a slide-buckle constructed in accordance withmy invention and shown as applied to an overalls suspender.

Fig. 2 a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Fig. 3 a face view of the buckle detached. Fig. 1 a sectional view on the line lt of Figure?) on an enlarged scale.

in the claims.

Fig. 5 a sectional view on the line 5-5 of Figure 3.

This lnvention relates to lmprovement 1n slide-buckles, and particularly to buckles especially adapted for use on overalls suspenders, the object being to provide a slidebuckle which may be connected with a sus pender-strap without stitching, or other similar fastening means, and which will firmly hold the web against the varying strains and twistings liable to be imposed upon it in use, and the invention further consists in certain details as will be hereinafter described and In carrying-out my invention, I employ a frame 10 formed from a single strip of wire bent into rectangular shape to form a top bar 11, bottom bar 12 and side bars 13 and 14;. Preferably, the ends of the wire meet in the bottom bar 12 and are connected by electric welding. In forming the frame,

the top and bottom bars are partially up- 1 set within their inner edges, which leaves the-metal along the outer edge in its normal state, while the inner edges are flattened at intervals, forming what may be called teeth particularly recited 15. The metal 16, between the teeth, being rou nd, forms a series of projections which assist indocating the slide on the web, as Wlll herelnafter appear. In connection with the frame, I employ a cross-bar 17, the ends of which are folded around the side bars 13 and 14, upon which they are free to sllde, and between its ends the bar is corrugated to form high points 18 on one side of its longitudinal axis and high points 19 on the other side of that line. These slidebuckles are used in connection with loops 20 of any approved construction, and the end 21 of a suspender-strap is passed through the loop 20, upward in'rear of the main portion 22 of the suspender. The loop and the doubled end of the suspender are passed downward in rear of the top bar 11, over the cross-bar 17 and downward in rear of the bottom bar 12, and strain upon the loop 20 will so croWd the web against the bars of the slide and against the cross-bar so tightly as to prevent any slipping, and any tendency to slip is prevented by the portions 16 of the frame, which are not upset by the sharpened edges of the flattened por- Iglons 15 and by the high points on the cross- With this construction, the slide may be used either side out and no stitching or other fastening means are required to secure 1t to the suspender.

I claim:

1. A slide-buckle, comprising a rectangular frame formed from a single piece of wire, the inner ed es of the top and bottom bars flattened WlfilOllt disturbing the contour of the outer edges, and a cross-bar mounted on the ends of the frame and free to move up and down thereon.

2. A slide-buckle, comprising a rectangular frame formed from a single piece of wire, the inner edges of the top and bottom bars upset at intervals, forming a series of flattened surfaces, and a cross-bar mounted on the ends of the frame and free to move up and down thereon.

8. A slide-buckle, comprising a rectangular frame formed from a single piece of In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT J. HODGE. WVitnesses:

FREDERIO C. EARLE, l\IALooLM P. NIoHoLs. 

